Erskine Anton Norris (born 7 January 1940) is a former Barbadian

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er.

Athletic career

Norris was born in Kirtons, Saint Philip, and first represented

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at the

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where he won silver in

with a jump of 1.98 metres. Three months later at the

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, Western Australia, Norris won bronze in the

clearing the bar at . In doing so, he became the first athlete to win a bronze medal for Barbados and the first athlete to win a medal of any colour in a sport besides weightlifting for Barbados at the Commonwealth Games. The following year, Norris was part of the inaugural contingent to represent Barbados at the

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. There he won one of the first medals for his country, bronze in

. In 1966, he repeated his performance of four year prior in taking the silver medal at the San Juan Central American and Caribbean Games in the

and the bronze in

at the Kingston British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Norris was also a

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er who played in one

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match for

in February 1963 against

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. Norris, selected in the team is a right-arm

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, took no wickets in the match which British Guiana won by 34 runs.

Business career

Norris holds an

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degree in Management and International Business from

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Graduate School of Business Administration, and a

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degree with honours in Economics and Business Administration from the

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. Norris has worked in business development for most of his career, while a senior executive of the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation, where he served as a Divisional Director and acting CEO. He was also Director of the Corporation's North American Operations, based in New York. He has assisted the promotion, start-up and development of a large number of local and international businesses and successfully implemented several technical assistance initiatives. As a consultant, Anton also served as Regional Technical Advisor to the Investment Promotion and Export Development (IPED) Project, in the Economic Affairs Secretariat of the

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, under the aegis of the

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(USAID). As of March 2009, Norris was an associate consultant of May Hinds Consulting.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Anton 1940 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Philip, Barbados Barbadian male high jumpers Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Barbadian businesspeople Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Barbados Pan American Games bronze medalists for Barbados Pan American Games athletes for Barbados Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Barbadian male athletes Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Barbados Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics